Las instituciones como factor que regula el desempeño económico

Richard R. Nelson and Bhaven N. Sampat ()
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Bhaven N. Sampat: Columbya University

Revista de Economía Institucional, 2001, vol. 3, issue 5, pages 17-51

Abstract: There has recently been a resurgence of interest in how institutions affect economic performance. A review of this literature reveals that the concept of an ‘institution’ means different things to different scholars, both within economics and across the social sciences. This paper discusses what factors unify the different definitions of institutions, and develops a concept of institutions useful for the analysis of economic performance, and economic growth in particular. Specifically, it develops the notion of institutions as standard ‘social technologies’. Economic growth results from the co-evolution of physical and social technologies.

Keywords: institutions; economic growth; rutines; social technologies; physical technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B30 B41 K00 L10 O10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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